diff --git a/tasks/xpack/elasticsearch-xpack.yml b/tasks/xpack/elasticsearch-xpack.yml
index 263af93..06c8d40 100644
--- a/tasks/xpack/elasticsearch-xpack.yml
+++ b/tasks/xpack/elasticsearch-xpack.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@
 #Make sure elasticsearch.keystore has correct Permissions
 - name: Set elasticsearch.keystore Permissions
   become: yes
-  file: state=file path={{ es_conf_dir }}/elasticsearch.keystore owner=root group={{ es_group }} mode=0660
+  file: 
+    state: file
+    path: "{{ es_conf_dir }}/elasticsearch.keystore"
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ es_group }}"
+    mode: "0660"